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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

SHRUG IT OFF Blog Tour

We interrupt your normally scheduled Tuesday Newsday with a hot Mischief Corner Books offering from the delectable Mathilde Watson. Don't be alarmed, the normal news will resume next week... what's more, according to my pal Angel Martinez, this blog tour is a definite newsworthy event. So slip into an easy chair, cuddle up with your fave warm beverage--cause babies, it's cold outside--and get ready for the latest installment of the SHRUG IT OFF TOUR...

Greetings, and welcome to the third stop
in theSHRUG IT OFFtour!

Today I
want to thank Cherie for being my host!

Heya,
Mathilde. Thank you for stopping by and letting The Writing Cave be part of
your awesome tour. Do you have anything you want to share with the readers
right up front?

Sure, let
me start by explaining how the tour works…

At each
stop along my way I will randomly select one commenter to receive a free ebook
from my backlist, AND, at the end of the tour, everybody who leaves a comment
at any of my stops will be entered for a chance to win one of two $10 gift
cards to All Romance Ebooks! Just be sure to include your email address in you
comment so you can be contacted if your name is selected.

For my
first stop I visited with my good friend Angel Martinez and I introduced
Stephen and his constant companions. You can check that out here:

But maybe
I’m getting a little ahead of myself. Ishould probably give you a quick rundown on SHRUG IT OFF, right?…

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BLURB:

For
Stephen, dating is more than a challenge, it’s a nightmare!

All he
wants is a man he can talk to, someone he can laugh with and be himself around.
What he’s got instead is an incessant running commentary on everyone and
everything. The meddling guides posted on his shoulders each have their own
ideas of what Stephen should be looking for. From the right he’s urged to find
a man like himself: confident, successful, and upwardly mobile. The little
devil on his other shoulder is only interested in a guy’s face and what he’s
got below the waist.

The two can
never agree on anything—until Stephen meets Connor—and then things get really
interesting…

* * * *

In SHRUG IT
OFF, Stephen is plagued by the constant interference of a devil on one shoulder
and an angel on the other. Most people can’t see or hear their guides, they
only feel their promptings with what we call our conscience.

Today, I’d
like to talk about the inspiration behind SHRUG IT OFF.

Growing up,
I was a huge fan of Mickey Mouse and his friends, especially Donald Duck.

One of my
favorite Donald Duck cartoons followed a teenage Donald as he rebelled against
his grandmother and went fishing instead of going to school at the urging of a
devil on his shoulder. A bedraggled angel with a dented halo sat on his other
shoulder trying unsuccessfully to get him to do the right thing.

Of course,
it has been many, many years since I last watched that cartoon. My memory was
triggered more recently by an intentionally bad horror-comedy—MY NAME IS BRUCE.

I love
Bruce Campbell. I’m not going to lie about that.

I am a HUGE
fan of bad B action movies and Bruce Campbell is the king of that sort of thing…

So one day
I turned on the TV… and guess what? MY NAME IS BRUCE was playing.

So I
watched it.

Somewhere
along the way Bruce is confronted by an angel and a devil over each of his
shoulders and he proceeds to argue with the two of them.

It made me
laugh. And then it made me think of Donald Duck… And Pinocchio… And then my
mind conjured up Stephen…

I had a lot
of fun adding attitudes, motives, and faces to the feelings and emotions that
drove Stephen’s actions. I had to do double duty, giving his conscience a say
and then having him react…

I know
Donald, Bruce and Pinocchio are not the only poor suckers out there who had to
do battle with angels and devils—if you have a favorite example I would love to
hear it!

And, even
if you don’t have an example to share, I’d love to hear from you. Remember, if
you leave a comment and include your email address you will be entered to win
prizes!!

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Thanks again Mathilde for stopping by. It been fun having you here at the Cave. Can I get you a top off for your drink before you go? It really is chilly out, and I'd hate for your or any of the boys to get cold! No? Okay, then, I look forward to seeing you at the next stop!

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